Duke University Medical Center Library Online - What's New? - Old News Is Good News

A-to-Z Revisited	New Ovid Databases Available	MD Consult Has Arrived
National Medical Librarians Month	Duke Authors Exhibit	MEDLINE Now Updated Weekly
Virtual Tour	Resources for New Medical Students	MLEC Reservation Form
Scientific American Medicine	Harrison's Online	DUMCL Website Redesign
Old News-1999	Back to What's New?

November 9, 1998

A-to-Z Information Express Revisited...

Too busy to find and copy those articles?Let us help you!

Available to all DUMC faculty, staff, and students

Journal articles from Duke and elsewhere

Free loans for books and audiovisuals from non-Duke locations

Location information for books and audiovisuals at Duke

One basic photocopy fee no matter where it is located

Special rush fax services for faster delivery

One form for both document delivery and interlibrary loans

Order articles directly from Ovid databases with personal account

48-hour turnaround on weekdays for photocopies of materials at Duke

Easy pickup point at Circulation Desk or campus mail delivery

Payment by credit cards, checks, or cash

Hours: Monday-Friday 8 am - 5 pm Phone: 660-1135 Fax: 684-5906

October 21, 1998

New Ovid Databases Available

Journals@Ovid is a database of the complete full text, graphics, and tables of contents of subscribed journals. This database will provide more timely access to important journals in full text, while also providing full text links from MEDLINE.

Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews (EBMR) is a database designed for use by clinicians, researchers, and students. Reflecting the current practice in medicine to base clinical decisions on accumulated evidence from the primary medical literature, Evidence Based Medicine Reviews provides content from two premier sources (which will be listed on the Ovid database menu): "Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews," published by Update Software for the Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization dedicated to applying evidence-based-medicine principles to the review of important clinical topics, and "Best Evidence," a database containing the ACP Journal Club (a publication of the American College of Physicians) and Evidence Based Medicine (a joint publication of the ACP and British Medical Journal Group). Features will include links from MEDLINE to Evidence Based Medicine Reviews and links from Evidence Based Medicine Reviews to Ovid's collection of full text journal articles.

SPORTDiscus covers serial and monographic literature in the areas recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness, training, conditioning, and the psychology, history and sociology of sport. Seventy percent of the database consists of periodical articles. This is an excellent resource for Physical Therapists, Sports Medicine Specialists, Orthopedists, Human Kineticists and anyone studying general human physiology.

October 19, 1998

MD Consult Has Arrived

MD Consult provides access to 37 medical texts, over 500 peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines, and texts from articles in 47 medical journals, including Clinics of North America and the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. In addition, MD Consult provides an update service, summarizing articles in recent medical journals and highlighting articles that patients may be reading in the popular press. Please note: The first time you login, you are required to register with MD Consult. To register, click on "Sign Up NOW!" and follow the instructions on-screen. Those already registered can simply click the "Member Sign-In" link to login.

October 8, 1998

Duke Authors Collection on Exhibit

To acquaint the community with the scope of publication within the Medical Center, an exhibit of the Duke Authors Collection, drawn from volumes added to the collection, is now on display in the Lower Lobby of the Library. This exhibit will be available for viewing until the end of December, 1998.

October 2, 1998

MEDLINE Is Now Updated Weekly!

To keep you more up-to-date, the MEDLINE database is now being updated with data up to three weeks sooner than in the past. AutoAlert (SDI's) saved in MEDLINE will now be sent via email on a weekly basis, instead of monthly.

September 21, 1998

Take A Virtual Tour of the Library

The Medical Center Library is now offering a virtual tour of our facility and services. Designed by Library Intern Marcus S. McKoy, this virtual tour is the equivalent of the Library orientation that is conducted by Information and Education services staff. We hope that you find the tour enjoyable and useful.

August 21, 1998

New Medical Student Resources

Hot Links and GRITS (Great Resources and Information TreasureS) was developed for the New Medical Student as a quick entrance into selected DUMCL Resources and useful sites on the World Wide Web. It is also being used by the Library staff to help orient the new students to Library Services.

MLEC Reservation Form Is Back

The Medical Library Education Center (MLEC) Classroom is available for reservation by Duke faculty and staff and DUMC students who are conducting a class utilizing computer technology and/or hands on training. To access the MLEC Reservation Form, click on "Reserve the Classroom" from the drop down menu below. Electronic Resource Services staff will confirm all reservations within 24 hours, Monday through Friday.

August 19, 1998

Scientific American Medicine Online Is Here

The full text version of Scientific American Medicine is now available for access via our Website using the drop down box below. Note: You must click the Sign In box once you get access to the main page.

August 11, 1998

Harrison's Online Now Available

The full text version of Harrison's Textbook of Internal Medicine is now available for access via our Website.

June 5, 1998

DUMCL Website Redesigned!

You've probably noticed by now that we've released the latest version of the DUMCL Website! Featured in this, the third version of our site, is a more refined organization, cleaner graphics, and more direct links to the information, services, and resources you need to do your work. All of these features contribute to easier navigation of our entire site.

We hope that you will find our latest Web incarnation easy to use and helpful. If you have comments, please submit them to the Library's co-Webmasters, Scott Garrison and Beverly Murphy. Thank you for visiting DUMCL's Website, and check back often to see what we'll be adding to the site over the next several months.

If you would like information on how we built this latest version of the Library's Website, be sure to read the net.work column in the June, 1998 issue of the Library Newsletter.